View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Windhover," lines 1-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would it mean to have "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?
(a) To have stood up to and turned away its advance.
(b) To have used rapid movements to shine or polish it.
(c) To have brushed against its force and been knocked back.
(d) To have abruptly and rudely responded to it.

2. In lines 2-3, "in his riding/ Of the rolling level underneath him steady air," which word tells what the bird is "riding"?
(a) "Level."
(b) "Rolling."
(c) "Him."
(d) "Air."

3. Who is being referred to in line 10's "thee"?
(a) The air.
(b) The windhover.
(c) The speaker.
(d) Christ.

4. In lines 5 and 6, what is the bird's motion compared to?
(a) An ice skater.
(b) A swing.
(c) A ball being thrown.
(d) An arrow.

5. Which word is enjambed at the end of line 1 and the beginning of line 2?
(a) Minion.
(b) Kingdom.
(c) Morning.
(d) Daylight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the volta of "The Windhover"?

2. What type of rhyme is seen in the poem's "A" lines?

3. What techniques are evident in the phrase "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?

4. Between which lines does the poem use "light rhyme"?

5. What technique is employed in the poem's final two lines, "blue-bleak embers, ah my dear/ Fall, gall themselves, and gash gold-vermilion"?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 234 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample